Category: Sites of Historical – Cultural Interest
Points of particular cultural importance, such as historical monuments, traditional settlements, monasteries and myths associated with the place.
It stands between two waterfalls, in the Paleokarya Gorge, bridging the banks of the Portaikos. It was built around 1550 and connected Pyli and the surrounding villages with the area of Aspropotamos. It is a single-arch stone bridge with a length of 26 metres, a height of 10 metres and…
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The bridge of Pyli or St. Vissarion or Portas is a stone arched bridge located 1.5 km east of Pyli Trikala, bridging the river Portaikos. According to the surviving inscription, it was built in 1514. The bridge of Pyli was built in 1514 with the sponsorship of Vissarion II, who…
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At the northwestern end of the meteoritic rocky cluster is the Monydrium of Agios Nikolaos Gavros, on the rock of which one finds scattered small ascetics and cells. The exterior masonry is characterized by mud-brick masonry with semi-carved corner stones on the pilasters of the doors, the openings and the…
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Before reaching the village of Gavros, near the Ionas (Mourganis) River, lies the Hermitage (Monydrio) of Agios Theodosios. Scattered across the rock are small hermitages and monastic cells. Inside the small church, frescoes have been preserved in two layers. The most recent layer consists of 19th-century repaintings, while the older…
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Near the mountainous village of Chaliki in the Aspropotamos region stands the Monastery of Prophet Elias and the Transfiguration of Christ. According to local priest Christos Barbalis, the monastery was established in the mid-19th century by three shepherd brothers from Chaliki—Damianos, Hilarion, and Afxentios Mavrogeorgos. By Royal Decree dated July…
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At a distance of 43 km from Kalambaka is the village of Panagia or Nea Koutsoufliani, where the historic monastery of Limpohovo, dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, is located. The monastery is mentioned in 1336 in a decree of Emperor Andronikos III. The old monastery was built…
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